Scientists discovered two Jurassic bird fossils in China, pushing back bird diversification by 20 million years. One, ...

Paleontologists have described a new specimen of the genus Archaeopteryx from the Mörnsheim Formation in the Franconian Alb of Bavaria, Germany. Archaeopteryx is a genus of feathered bird-like ...

The newly identified bird, called Baminornis zhenghensis, joins the similarly aged Archaeopteryx, discovered in Germany in 1861, as the oldest-known birds. But Baminornis, about six inches (15 cm ...

Jurassic bird fossil discovery of a species named Baminornis zhenghensis pushes bird evolution timeline back 20 million years.

Although Archaeopteryx had feathered wings ... question of whether any unambiguous records of Jurassic birds exist. 3D Reconstruction of Baminornis zhenghensis. Credit: Ren Wenyu In this study ...

Although Archaeopteryx had feathered wings, it looked like non-avialan dinosaurs because ... These fossils help fill a gap in the early history of birds and show that birds were diverse by the end of ...

However, the earliest evolutionary history of birds has long been obscured by a highly fragmentary fossil record, with Archaeopteryx being the only widely accepted Jurassic bird. Although ...

(Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago during the Jurassic Period and possessed surprisingly modern traits, ...

A life reconstruction of the Jurassic Period bird Baminornis zhenghensis is seen in this illustration ...

An artist’s reconstruction of Baminornis zhenghensis ... The discovery challenges long-held views that Archaeopteryx was the only bird from the Jurassic Period. “If the avian status of Archaeopteryx ...